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Sick doctors returning to work struggle with feelings of shame and failure,...
Doctors who have been on long term sick leave find it hard to return to work because they are overwhelmed with feelings of shame and failure, and fear the disapproval of colleagues, finds research...
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Job stress and mental health problems contribute to higher rates of physician...
Doctors who commit suicide appear to be under-treated for mental health problems, despite their seemingly good access to health care, a new University of Michigan study shows. Although more physicians...
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Doctors to talk politics to patients in election lead-up
DOCTORS are threatening to use consultations with patients to appeal directly to voters in the lead up to the state election. And the state’s main doctor group the Australian Medical Association has...
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We GPs can’t help mental health victims in 10 mins
Dr Clare Gerada, a GP who is trained in psychiatry, says that mental health often gets forgotten because the health service is designed around hospital and medicines rather than identifying and...
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Mental health anti-stigma campaign fails to shift health professionals’...
The Time to Change campaign seems to have made an encouraging impact on attitudes towards mental illness in England. According to independent evaluation of the campaign’s first four years, people with...
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Majority of Doctors Do Not Follow Treatment Guidelines For ADHD
Getty Images More than 90% of pediatric specialists who diagnose and manage ADHD in preschoolers do not follow the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical treatment guidelines. That’s the...
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Concern over students’ mental health
Every morning students hurry to classes and laboratories at Fudan University’s medical school in Shanghai. As they pass in front of the dormitory, they slow to examine rows of origami cranes hanging on...
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Anti-stigma project helps GPs treat people with mental health problems
Time to Change has made headway in changing attitudes among clinicians and support staff. Photograph: Time to Change It seems like common sense that the first place someone with a health problem is...
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Research shows medication errors common on admission to mental health units
Research published today in the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy shows that medication errors occurred in 212 of 377 of patients (56.2 per cent) admitted to the assessment ward, between March...
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Us and Them: A Medical Student Reflects on the Doctor-Patient Divide
Thomas M. Barwick / © 2010 Thomas M. Barwick INC It’s a fine line that divides the healer and the sick — and learning to walk it will be one of my greatest challenges in becoming a doctor. Don’t hold...
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